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Mobile POS tools are a vital tool in elevating in-store customer experiences

Inside Retail

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. The post Mobile POS tools are a vital tool in elevating in-store customer experiences appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retailers can’t afford to discount the customer experience this December

Inside Retail

A welcome and timely boost for retailers, the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are expected to account for more than 25 per cent of all holiday purchases. Great to have the dollars ringing in the registers, but what is the impact of the chaotic and, for so many, frustrating, mega event on customer experience?

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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs.

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How top retailers have transformed customer experience

Inside Retail

Powering customer engagement on the day of service has required many virtual meetings to help strategise workflows that make sense for each client. . Some need to manage the logistics of holding cold items for pickup and ensuring that store attendants fulfil all parts of the order. For more information visit Localz.

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Guest Post: 4 Ways to Transform Customer Experience While Growing Rapidly

Hyken

He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. This is often a tough act to balance: rapidly scaling up business while still providing personalized customer service. Happy Enabled Employees = Happy Customers. Voice of Customer. Closing the Operational Gap.

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“I joke that I was (and still am) winging it”: Meshki’s Damien Park-Neilson

Inside Retail

This experience led to a role in sales and account management, helping retailers solve fulfilment challenges, sparking my passion for the industry. It’s been a gamechanger, not only for our end-mile and fulfilment but also for my approach to inventory management, customer support and data. DPN: Absolutely.

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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

Hot Topic has found that predictability — not necessarily speed — is among the most important aspects of the customer experience. The retailer has seen digital sales shift away from next-day deliveries, which now account for just 18.2% of orders, toward two -day or later windows, which account for 80%.